Review Fix Exclusive: Mandy Jiroux Talks ‘Fade Away’ and More

Review Fix chats with singer and dancer Mandy Jiroux, who discusses her new single “Fade Away” and more.

About Mandy Jiroux:

Mandy got her start by choreographing and dancing behind her best friend Miley Cyrus, and the partnership eventually led to the launch of the groundbreaking YouTube channel, “The Miley & Mandy Show.”  An immediate sensation, the channel helped solidify the standard vlogging format on YouTube. Their friendly dance competitions led to online battles between their M&M Cru and “Step Up!” director Jon Chu and Adam Sevani’s ACDC dance troupe, creating “The Biggest Online Dance Battle,” always with a who’s who of special guests.

Review Fix: What was it like to work with Duo Reez?

Mandy Jiroux: It’s a pleasure working with Reez.  Renze and Siem are great guys who are very passionate and driven. They are super talented, especially for how young they are.

Review Fix: What was your creative process for this track?

Jiroux: Reez had sent me a few tracks to write to and I picked my favorite.  I wrote to it, recorded it, sent it back to them and we all ended up loving the song.

Review Fix: What bands have influenced you and this track the most?

Jiroux: I didn’t have a particular band in mind when writing the song. I had a particular experience in mind which is what made the song come to life.

Review Fix: What’s the LA music scene like? How do you think it influences your sound?

Jiroux: I’m not influenced by a particular LA music scene sound.  I just know what I like and what I don’t like.  When the song I’m recording makes me feel a certain way… a feeling I get in my gut, that’s when I know it’s right. Sounds corny, but it’s true.

Review Fix: What do you think makes this song special?

Jiroux: I wrote the song about someone special.  I wrote it about a particular night that I had experienced just the night before I wrote it.  Every time I listen to the song, I flashback to that particular night and that’s what makes it special to me.

Review Fix: What’s next?

Jiroux: I’m recording, dancing, traveling, filming for different types of shoots.  I will also be releasing more music soon, features and originals.  I have a lot to look forward to and I’m thankful for that.

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Patrick Hickey Jr. is a full-time Assistant Professor of Communication & Performing Arts and Director of the Journalism program at Kingsborough Community College and is the chairman of the City University of New York Journalism Council. He is the Founder and Editor-In-Chief of ReviewFix.com. He's also a former News Editor at NBC Local Integrated Media and National Video Games Writer at Examiner.com where his work was mentioned in National Ad campaigns by Disney, Nintendo and EA Sports. Hickey was also the Editor-In-Chief of two College Newspapers before he received his BA in Journalism from Brooklyn College. Hickey's work has been published in The New York Daily News, The New York Times, Complex, The Hockey Writers, Yahoo!, Broadway World, Examiner, NYSportScene Magazine, ProHockeyNews.com, GothamBaseball.com, The Syracuse Post-Standard, Scout.com and the official sites of the Brooklyn Aces and New York Islanders. His first book, The Minds Behind the Games: Interviews With Cult And Classic Video Game Developers was released in April 2018 and is chock full of interviews with legendary developers. His second book in the series, The Minds Behind Adventures Games, was released in December 2019. His third book, The Minds Behind Sports Games, was released in September 2020. His fourth book, The Minds Behind Shooter Games, was released in March 2021. The Minds Behind Sega Genesis Games and The Minds Behind PlayStation Games were released in 2022 and The Minds Behind PlayStation 2 was published in January 2023. Hickey is also a contracted comic book writer, currently penning his original series, "Condrey," as well as "The Job," "Brooklyn Bleeds" "Dem Gulls" and "KROOM" for Legacy Comix, where he serves as founder, owner and Editor-in-Chief. Hickey Jr. is also a voice actor, having starred in the 2018 indie hit and 2019 Switch, PS4 and Xbox One release, The Padre (also serving as English language Story Editor), from Shotgun With Glitters. The sequel, The Padre: One Shell Straight to Hell was released in February 2021- Hickey also served as a Story Editor and Lead Voiceover performer. He has also done narration and trailers for several other titles including The Kaiju Offensive, Relentless Rex and Roniu’s Tale. Hickey is also the lead voiceover performer on Mega Cat Studios’ upcoming title WrestleQuest, responsible for nearly 90 characters in the game, as well as Skybound's Renfield: Bring Your Own Blood, where he voices both Dracula and Renfield, as well as several other characters. He also stars in Ziggurat Interactive’s World Championship Boxing Manager 2, where he performs the VO of nearly every male character in the game. He also worked on the Atari VCS’s BPM Boy.

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